Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? Is Asahi Linux named after her? Or is it all one big coincidence?

> Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym?

This one.

> Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym?

Yes

> Is Asahi Linux named after her?

Other way around, it’s a pseudonym created to work on the project, IIRC Lina got involved early-mid 2022 while Hector Martin started the project in late 2020 / early 2021.

Why does she have so much clout when the latter has been working on this for much longer?

I feel like there's some fanboyism happening here. This person basically just joined the project.

They "just joined the project" and reverse engineered and developed the kernel drivers from relatively little prior work, in just a few months.

From afar they also seem to have a pretty ebullient and infectious personality and to stream a lot (we're talking 10h streams every few days: https://www.youtube.com/@AsahiLina/streams) which is impressive work and dedication.

The anime character is just what Hector started using more often for communicating about the project. It's not a different person.

Wait really? So they swapped their gender with a voice changer as well? Do you have some evidence of this?

> Wait really? So they swapped their gender with a voice changer as well?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33292198

Please stop trolling on this topic. It's annoying to see every thread about Asahi Linux get dragged off topic like this.

How am I "trolling"? I'm asking honest questions because I want to know. What happens more often is that every Asahi Linux post gets dragged off topic praising the person's greatness in a cult like manner. That's why I mentioned "fanboyism" in some other post.

I'd prefer if we kept to technical discussion in these posts personally.

> I'd prefer if we kept to technical discussion in these posts personally.

That's really not what your posting history indicates. And bringing up the subject of "fanboyism" is pretty much the exact opposite; that's never going to take the conversation in a productive direction.

Going after "posting history" is already taking things in a non-productive direction. If I disliked vtubers I wouldn't watch them so much. I have a bigger issue with pitch changers as they make listening difficult. Most vtubers don't actually use them.

[citation needed]

There's been a lot of speculation about this, but I haven't seen any damning evidence yet.

What do you mean by "so much clout"..? She's one of the people who decided to work on the Asahi Linux project, and she's writing and streaming about the work she's doing and participating in mailing lists and IRC communities. Is that an unexpected amount of "clout"?

I assume you mean Asahi Linux GPU driver for Mac M1? or does this run ontop of MacOS somehow?

Yes I meant for the M1.